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Modelling a traditional parcels train
TheSignalEngineer replied to Michael Delamar's topic in Modelling musings & miscellany
Can't supply photos, but a quick look at the GWR Carriage Working Notices from 1938-9 on Robert Carroll's BR Loco-Hauled Coaching Stock Yahoo group shows that there were not many purely parcels trains, most trafiic was attached to passenger workings. It turns up a lot of interesting workings such as:- 2.25pm Perishables Penzance to Crewe which conveyed an LMS brake from Penzance to Carlisle, A GW Brake from Penzance to Leeds and picked up a GW Brake from Yeovil Town to Manchester Exchange attached at Taunton. 1.25am Crewe - Cardiff conveyed a Siphon G from Manchester Exchange to Neyland. 1.35am Crewe - Cardiff Mails conveyed LMS Fish Trucks from Aberdeen to Bristol. 5.20pm Westbury to York conveyed LNE Brake Vans from Trowbridge to Glasgow and Westbury to Edinburgh. Other references include a GW Siphon C from Manchester to Calne, a GW Siphon H from Neyland to Sheffield and another Siphon from Helston to Sheffield -
Hattons Model Railways of Widnes (formerly Liverpool).
TheSignalEngineer replied to tractor_37260's topic in Model Shop Guide
My daughter lived just by there when she was a student. One day a burglar was leaving the house opposite with a video player. The local dealer in mind altering substances raced up, trapped him and called the local constable. He kept the street relatively crime-free as he didn't want any outside plod to get drawn in. -
You could still pick up an original set for quite a reasonable price and do a few improvements.
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Looks like I will be finishing the upgrades on my old ones. I'm not going to replace 5 at that price.
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Another offering from Mr Burdett (Invader1009) on Flickr. Yesterday's Dee Marsh - Margam empties headed by 60024 Tugging through Gobowen by Stephen Burdett, on Flickr
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Or the smell of wood sleepered track and non-retention toilet stock on a hot afternoon.
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Nice historical shot Dave. The bracket to the left carried the platform starters for the other island platform.
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Hellifield has a normal leg on the platform side and a short leg on the bank side above the retaining wall.
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As Mike says, the platform to the right, which now has the two straight posts. There used to be another road starting in front of the box which led into the next island platform. Mike may also be right about the Pratt truss gantry. There are very few semaphore gantries about now, another being at Hellifield, but that is a straight girder. Llandudno is a shadow of its former self. The roof used to extend along that big brick wall. There was a goods yard behind platform 1 and about 10 sidings opposite the box which fed the gas works branch. Beyond the box there were about 10 carriage sidings on the Down side, at the south end of which there was a turntable and some basic facilities for locos arriving during peak traffic. Edit for typos
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Llandudno has changed a bit since this, taken about 10 feet west of your third shot, but the gantry and box are still there. Don't think you could get round the lamp posts to park there any longer.
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The posting on Flickr gives a few more details, it was actually running T&T with a 70. Stephen retired some years ago and spends most of his time these days travelling around by train. His photostream at https://www.flickr.com/photos/invader1009 is always worth a look for modern stuff. He posts every few days.
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Sorry for hijacking Jim, but one of 60002 from my old friend Stephen taken a couple of days ago. Tugging through Bradford on Avon by Invader1009, on Flickr
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I remember doing some wiring alterations at Saltley Junction in the days of two gasworks site and nose to tail coal trains on the Camp Hill goods lines. There were fourteen bells on the shelf there, all with different tones
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From the Signalman's vegetable patch, from the old gravel pit behind the box used by the angling club or even the pub across the road.
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There are some signalbox sounds like block bells on one of Peter Hanford's recordings. I think it may have been "West of Exeter"
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New bike arrived for Mrs SE. That should stand me in good stead for at least a couple of parcels of trains.
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I was on a signalling course at Derby at the time and we had a class of DSB technicians staying there on a BR Mk3 stock maintenance course.
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Come on George Osborne. Don't let your Northern Powerhouse become the Northern Powercut.
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I can't sleep because of the heat, but fortunately I've found a stash of cold beer.
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Why do architects always design a bit into the bathroom that can't be painted without hugging the toilet bowl.
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The lines on mine are not visible from about 18" away, which is as close as I ever see during running, Equally the handrails, although not looking quite right from close up are hardly prominent at normal viewing distance and angle.
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Thought you would have had enough of hydraulics after the weekend misfortune.
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How far did the brine pumping at Stoke Works extend?
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If the damage isn't too bad you could always put on a 'Condition of Track' temporary speed restriction, very prototypical in your era.
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Found a Lima DMBS and TCL and a DMU detailing pack in my oddments box. Cut'n'Shut session well on the way to a DTS for the Bubble Car.
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